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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Louis Frederick Welch of Urbana, who
4 passed away on March 13, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born at Linden, Tennessee, on March 29,
6 1931, to Louis and Hilda Houston Welch; and
 
7     WHEREAS, He graduated from the University of Tennessee,
8 Auburn University, and Iowa State University; he was a member
9 of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta,
10 Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi; and
 
11     WHEREAS, He was elected a fellow in the Soil Science
12 Society of America and in the American Society of Agronomy; he
13 worked at the Georgia Experiment Station, the United States
14 Department of Agriculture, and the agronomy department at the
15 University of Illinois; his research dealt with soil fertility
16 and fertilizers; he retired from the U of I in 1990; since
17 retirement, Marilyn and Fred have enjoyed travel, collecting
18 seashells, and fossilized shark teeth; and
 
19     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and his
20 sister, Patsy Peach; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife, Marilyn, whom he
2 married in 1956 at Cherokee, Alabama; his three sons, Charles
3 Welch, Tom Welch, and Steven Welch; his five granddaughters and
4 three grandsons; his sister, Mae Phy; and his brother, Ted;
5 therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
8 his family and friends, the passing of Louis Frederick Welch;
9 and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of Louis Frederick Welch as a symbol of
12 our sincere sympathy.